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The Verge launched on the 1st of November 2011. It was founded by Joshua Topolsky and up to eight colleagues, including Nilay Patel, who had left Engadget and AOL earlier that year to build a new technology publication in partnership with SB Nation and Vox Media.
Nilay Patel has served as editor-in-chief of The Verge since mid-2014, when he replaced founding editor Joshua Topolsky.
In September 2018, The Verge published a video showing how to build a $2,000 custom gaming PC that was widely criticized for errors, including applying too much thermal paste to the processor. Host Stefan Etienne later acknowledged he had built only four computers before the video and it was his first on-camera build. The controversy escalated when Vox Media filed DMCA takedowns against critical YouTube videos in February 2019, an episode Ars Technica described as the Streisand effect.
The Verge won five Webby Awards for 2012, including Best Writing (Editorial), Best Podcast for The Vergecast, Best Visual Design, Best Consumer Electronics Site, and Best Mobile News App. The Vergecast also won a Webby People's Voice award in 2013, and the Decoder podcast won a Signal Award Gold for Technology in 2024.
Yes. In December 2024, The Verge introduced a subscription tier priced at $7 per month or $50 per year. Subscribers receive access to premium reports, newsletters, and reviews, along with fewer advertisements. Editor-in-chief Nilay Patel said the move was necessary for the site to sustain independent journalism in a difficult market.
The Verge switched from Vox Media's proprietary Chorus platform to WordPress on the 28th of January 2025. It had used Chorus since its launch in November 2011.